Shade and curtain holder.



PATDNTDD DDG. 29, 19031 D. D. NAUMAN'N. SHADE AND CURTAIN HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 3. 1903.

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FRIEDRICH ERNEST NAUMANN,

iatentd jecem'ber 20, 1903. n

PATENT OFFICE.

OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

SHADE AND CURTAIN HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 748,211, dated, :December 29, 1903.

l `Application filed February 3, 1903. Serial No 141.750. (No model.)

ported that they can be readily removed from in front of the window without disturbing or changing their arrangement and be as readily replaced and that the mountings may be readily attached to the window-casing Without marring the same.

An object of this invention is to provide means for accomplishing this in an efficient and extremely simple manner.

A further object is to provide means whereby the drapery for the Window may be arranged before the device is placed in position or afterward and whereby the device, with the drapery arranged thereon, may be taken down and put up without disarranging the drapery.

With these objects in view this invention consists generally in a shade and curtan fixture having a base, means for supporting said base, roller-supporting brackets at the ends of said base, sockets being also provided at the ends of the base, and a curtain-supporting rod adapted to support a curtain in advance of said roller and having portions adapted to be seated in said sockets.

More specifically, myinvention consists in the constructions and combinations of parts hereinafter described,a"nd particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure I is a perspective view of my newly-invented shade and curtain holder in position for use. Fig. II is an end View of the same, a fragment of the window-casing being shown. Fig. III is a view of the device taken from the end opposite that shown in Fig. II.

The window-casing lis provided with attaching devices,- preferably hooks 2, which may be secured to said casing by means of screws 3. Upon said hooks 2 is removably mounted a base or bar 4, bent near each end intoa downwardly-extending coil 5 and continuing outward beyond said coils to form brackets 6. Said brackets are provided with eyes 7 and 8, whereby .the shade-roller 11 is mounted by means of trunnions 9 and 10.

12 designates a curtain-hanger rod adapted to support a curtain opposite the ends and in advance of the intermediate portion of the shade-roller 1l. Said rod 12 has rearwardlybent ends 13 extending outside beyond or around the ends of the shade-roller, as shown, and curved in and terminating in downwardlyextending tips 14, said tips being adapted to be removably seated in the downwardly-extending sockets formed by the coils 5. The shade-roller 1l may be of the usual construction.

The membersfl and 12 are desirably formed of lengths of wire bent at the ends to form the parts 5 6 7 8 and 13 14.

15 is the shade.

d and e designate the usual centrifugal dogs and notches of `the ordinary curtain-roller.

The brackets 6 being yieldingly constructed of the wire shown may be sprung outward for inserting the roller-trunnions 9 and I0 through the eyes 7 and 8.

It is to be understood that my invention is not limited to the particular construction shown--as, for example, the size or length of the coils 5. Single loops in the bar might be sufficient to provide resilient mountings for the brackets 6 and sockets for su pporting the rod 12.

The hooks 2 are desirably formed of sheetmetal strips perforated at one end to receive the attaching-screws 3 and bent up to form a hook, the perforated member a of which is flat to fit against the window-casing or other support, to which it is fastened by screws 3.

Desirably the downwardly-extending coiled portions 5 are of such length as to aiord considerable purchase against the casing by abutting thereagainst below the bar 4, thus to prevent any turning of the bal-4 in thehooks 2 under the wrenching or twisting action of the weight of the shade-roller and curtain when the same are mounted.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a curtain-fixture, in combination, a base having a downwardly-extending portion at each end thereof, said portions adapted to ICO abut against the casing and each having a socket,and a curtain-hanger rod having downwardly-extending end portions adapted to be removably seated in the sockets.

2. A curtain-iixture provided with a rod bent into a downwardly-extending coil adjacent to an end and having a straight portion continuing from said coil to form a bracket for a shade-roller, said coil constructed and arranged to form a downwardly-extending socket. v

3. A curtain-fixture provided with a rod bent into a downwardly-extending coil adjacent to each end and having a straight portion projecting outwardly from each coil to form a bracket fora shade-roller, said coils constructed and arranged to form downwardly-extending sockets.

4. A curtain-fixture provided with a bent rod adapted to form a roller-support having a socket at each end thereof, and a curtainhanger rod adapted to support a curtain in advance of said roiler, said rod provid ed with portions adapted to be removably seated in said sockets.

5. In a curtain-fixture, in combination, a base, attaching means therefor, a pair of shade-brackets projecting therefrom, resilient means between said brackets and said base, said means forming sockets, and a curtain-hanger having downwardly-bent ends adapted to be inserted into said sockets.

6. In a curtain-fixture, in combination, attaching devices, a rod supported by said devices, said. rod being bentinto a coil adjacent to each end, and having a straight portion projectingoutwardly beyond each coil to form a bracket for a shade-roller; and a curtainhanger adapted to support a curtain in advance of said roller, said curtain-hanger having rearwardly -bent ends terminating in downwardly-extending tips adapted to be inserted into the coils.

7. In a curtain-xture, in combination, attaching means; a rod supported by said means, said rod being bent into a downwardlyextending coil adjacent to each end and having a straight portion projecting outwardly beyond each coilto form a bracket fora shaderoller; and a curtain-hanger rod adapted to support a curtain in advance of said roller, said curtain-hanger having rearwardly-bent ends terminating in downwardly-extending tips removably seated in the sockets formed by the aforementioned coils.

8. A curtain-fixture provided with a base, roller-holding bracket-s integral therewith, there beingsockets adjacentthe brackets,and a curtain-hanger consisting of a rod adapted to support a curtain in advance of the roller, said rod having rearwardly inwardly curved portions opposite the end of the roller, said portions terminating in downturned tips adapted to enter the aforementioned sockets.

9. ln a curtain-tixtnre,vin combination, a horizontal base-rod,hooks fordetachablysupporting said rod, said rod being bent into a downwardly-extending socket-forming coil near each end and having an outward projection continuing from each coil, each projection being furnished with an eye at its tip, a shade-roller having trunnions mounted in said eyes, and a curtain-hanger rodadapted to support a curtain in ad vance of said roller, said curtain-hanger having rearwardly-bent ends terminating in downwardly-extending tips adapted for being removably seated in the sockets of the aforementioned coils.

10. A rod bent in coils which form sockets; and also bent to form bearings for a shaderoller, and a curtain-rod having down-bent ends to enter said coils.

l1. Hooks formed of bent perforated strips of sheet metal, fasteners inserted through the perforations to hold the hooks to a su pport, a member in the hooks. furnished below the hooks with sockets and projecting arms, and a member havingdownwardly-extending projecting portions inserted in said sockets.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, this 26th day of January, 1903.

F. ERNEST NAUMANN.

Witnesses:

ALBERT H. MERRILL, JAMES R. ToWNsEND. 

